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Date:      Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:20:47 +0100 (MET)
From:      Marcin Cieslak <saper@system.pl>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@iMach.com>, Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Geff Hanoian <boing@boing.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: fbsdboot.exe can't load elf kernels (flash cards off topic) 
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.20.0001122118090.12128-100000@tricord.system.pl>
In-Reply-To: <200001121758.KAA15284@harmony.village.org>

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On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Warner Losh wrote:

> The linear flash cards don't have an ata interface,
> so PAO and soon -current won't recognize them.

They don't have and we don't need it.
Once can easily read them with low-level pccardc interface.
In general, flash cards are not meant to be written too often,
so I belive we won't put a real filesystem on them.
Just a kernel and mfsroot image perhaps?

[Added -hackers and please, remove -stable]

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